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How to modify or remove contacts

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Summary

How to edit or delete customer and vendor records in Sage Accounting.

Description

Use contacts to track your customer sales. 

Resolution

  1. Go to Contacts.
  2. Select a contact from the Contacts list.

When you open a contact record, you can:

  • Edit contact details
  • View transaction details
  • Record money received from customers
  • Record money paid to vendors
  • Flag T4A vendors
  • Add a tax ID for reporting

Activity tab

The Activity tab shows transaction details for the contact.

You can:

  • Search transactions by reference or value
  • View transactions for a selected date range
  • Open a transaction from the list

Contacts and addresses tab

Sage Accounting sends documents to the Main address and Main contact.

Invoices include:

  • Business or Company name
  • Main contact name
  • Main address
To update addresses and contacts:
  1. Select the Contacts and Addresses tab.
  2. Select the edit icon.
  3. Make your changes.
  4. Select Save.

Notes tab

To modify notes:
  1. Select Edit.
  2. Enter the notes.
  3. Select Save.

To delete a contact

If a contact has no transactions associated with it, select it on the Contacts list.

  • Go to Contacts.
  • Select a checkbox next to the contact to delete.
  • Use the trash icon to delete the contact.
Limitations
  • You can’t delete a contact that has transactions associated with it.
  • You can’t delete the Main Contact name or Main Address. As a workaround, change the contact name to "Don’t use” as needed.